The problem for the PSUV was that there was no suitable alternative inside their local ranks. Since desperate times require desperate measures, there was talk of allowing former governor Didalco Bolívar to run again.

Yet, that idea was discarded for some strange reason, and the comandante presidente used his political wild card: Former Interior Minister Tareck El Aissami. The Merida-native was the first choice of the PSUV for Tachira.

This race is a good example of the 16-D picture: Chavista candidates who are not familiar in their states but are backed by a huge machinery, attempting to seize the momentum of the 7-O. The opposition instead, lacks resources but has the advantage of having selected their candidates in open primaries.

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El Aissami will also win without breaking a sweat. Aragua is not just Girardot where even Chavez lost on October 7th but the rest of the state will vote for Tareck. I estimate at least 56%. Friends of mine have been working on Tareck’s campaign and are confident that the lead is now consolidated.

In any case who wants a person who pulls women’s hair and forces them to the ground as Mardo did to one of the Zurda Konducta girls. He was filmed doing it and then denied it.